#chorionic_villus_sampling__chorionic_villus_biopsy  a prenatal test to detect birth defects at an early stage of pregnancy; tissue from the chorionic villi is assayed
  supertype:  biopsy  examination of tissues or liquids from the living body to determine the existence or cause of a disease
     supertype:  diagnostic_test__test__diagnostic_assay  an assay conducted for diagnostic purposes
        supertype:  assay  an appraisal of the state of affairs; "they made an assay of the contents"; "a check on its dependability under stress"
           supertype:  appraisal__assessment  the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth
              supertype:  classification.basic_cognitive_process__categorization__categorisation__sorting  the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories
                 supertype:  basic_cognitive_process__basiccognitiveproces  cognitive processes involved in obtaining and storing knowledge
                    supertype:  cognitive_process__cognitiveproces__process__proces__cognitive_operation__cognitiveoperation__act  the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking"; "the act of remembering"
                       supertype:  process__proces  situation commonly considered as making a change during some period of time
                          supertype:  situation  something that "occurs" in a real/imaginary region of time and space
                             supertype:  thing__something___T__t___3D_or_4D_thing_or_anything_else  any category (type or individual) is instance of this type; any type is also a subtype of this type
                          supertype:  process_or_process_description
                             supertype:  processing_thing
                                supertype:  thing_playing_some_role  category to classify things according to roles/viewpoints; classification under this category is application-dependant
                                   supertype:  thing__something___T__t___3D_or_4D_thing_or_anything_else  any category (type or individual) is instance of this type; any type is also a subtype of this type
                       supertype:  process__proces__physicalsituation  intuitively, the class of things that happen and have temporal parts or stages; examples include extended events like a football match or a race, actions like pursuing and reading, and biological processes; sumo#process is not identical to pm#situation because an instance of pm#situation is not necessarily an instance of sumo#physical
                          supertype:  situation  something that "occurs" in a real/imaginary region of time and space
                          supertype:  process_or_process_description
                          supertype:  physical__physical_thing  an entity that has a location in space-time; locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time; click here for more details on the identical category sowa#physical_thing
                             supertype:  thing__something___T__t___3D_or_4D_thing_or_anything_else  any category (type or individual) is instance of this type; any type is also a subtype of this type

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